Another user tweeted, “This was a joke made about him being mentally present. Not focusing on what he wants to do later but only focusing on what’s happening in the current moment. Anyone who closely follows his career knows exactly what that meant.”

Carrey, who split from actress Ginger Gonzaga in October 2019, has yet to publicly address the backlash, but his publicist, Marleah Leslie, tells Us Weekly, “Jim’s full quote was ‘Just you! That’s it, I’m all done now!’ clearly and good-naturedly referring to the interview as being on the top of his bucket list. It was in no way a reference to the journalist herself.”